When She Stops Playing Nice

Chapter 10

After pocketing the bank card, Gina glanced at Mason, who was lurking behind Ethan. She signaled. “Bring him here.”

Fuming, Ethan, blaming Mason for his humiliation, grabbed him and threw him in front of Gina.

Gina flexed her wrist and landed a punch on Mason’s trembling face, causing his teeth to rattle and sending him crashing to the ground, his world going dark.

With her foot pressing down on Mason’s face, Gina demanded, “Delete the post, clear my name, and apologize.”

Tears and snot running down his face, Mason blubbered. Tll delete it. Please, get off me. I’m sorry, I screwed up, I’m the

Worst

Aria scoffed. “Suddenly all apologetic, huh? Thought you were Mr. Tough Guy.”

While sobbing. Mason scrambled to access the campus network on his phone, deleted the defamatory post, and published an apology under his real name.

Aria commented on the post right away. [All fluff, no stuff. Seriously, who buys this trashy gossip?]

Some recognized Aria’s account and, looking to curry favor or genuinely outraged, slammed the original post for spreading

Tumors.

Yet, others sensed something off about Mason’s apology, speculating he might have been threatened. But it was hard to imagine who would bother defending Gina, notorious as she was.

The apology stirred less buzz than the original rumor, but Gina wasn’t bothered. She knew many didn’t care for the truth; they just relished the chance to stomp on her a bit more.

The whole mess killed Ethan’s mood for drinking, prompting him to leave.

with Mason, Gina bid Aria farewell and returned to her

to manage the 600 million

Clago Orphanage and the rest to build

own pockets to keep it running. Over twenty years, the orphanage expanded, and Gina was more than willing to

“Understood,” Michael responded.

the way, Gina, seems like someone else is digging into that

raised an

a well–off couple who had a son. The couple was good to her, but the son was standoffish, wary

kept her distance, even considering going back to the orphanage. Before she could act on it, tragedy struck: the couple was found

them.

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the killer. And she was not the only one who was still looking

biological son?‘ Gina

down the boy before, only finding a

in her memories, Gina clenched her eyes shut. The murder was

tear them to pieces, Gina

out some feelers, and see if they take the bait. She instructed Michael, keen on

up, Gina hit the shower, then flopped onto her bed and messaged someone named

someone swing by to pick it up? Wait, scratch that. How about you come over for dinner tomorrow? You bailed before

recovery. Rather than giving out her address, she sent him a pin to a nearby

Neil replied: [Deal!]

bus stop when a Maybach slowly pulled up. The driver stepped out

Gina nodded.

up. Please, after you, the driver said, motioning towards

got into the car, bringing along two jars of the potion.